Name: Moody Mansion Music: Ji Yeong Jeon, Soprano
Start: 2025-02-21T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-21
Location: Moody Mansion

Moody Mansion Music: Ji Yeong Jeon, Soprano

Galveston Symphony Orchestra

Ji Yeong Jeon and Nino Sanikidze perform at the historic Moody Mansion as part of the Galveston Symphony Orchestra's recital series.

Moody Mansion

Join friends of the Galveston Symphony for an intimate chamber music recital performed in the elegant ballroom of Galveston's historic Moody Mansion.Seating is limited. Reservations required. Tickets will be available at the door for $45.00. GET S EASON PASSESInterested in attending all Moody Mansion Music events in the 2024-2025 season? <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/season-pass-moody-mansion-music-2024-2025-tickets-962472891327" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/season-pass-moody-mansion-music-2024-2025-tickets-962472891327" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click to save 10% when you buy a Season Pass!</a> ABOUT THE MUSICIANSJi Young Jeon, Soprano: Since her debut as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s opera Die Zauberfloete, dramatic coloratura soprano Ji Young Jeon has performed the role over 500 times. Critics and conductors alike have been amazed in her performances, praising her for her “stunning, sensational vocal talent, paired with supreme musicianship and an immense dramatic stage presence.” She literally captures the audience with her warm aura. Miss Jeon has sung with numerous opera companies world-wide; including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Ireland, Slovakia, Czecho, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, China , U.S. and her native South Korea. She has been invited to perform in such historic opera theaters as Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin Staatsoper, Dresden Semperoper, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Hannover Staatstheater, Munich Gasteig, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Kieler Schloss, Prague Castle, Theater Bern – Switzerland, Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona, Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul and more. She has sung a diverse repertoire ranging from: Liu from Turandot, and Musetta from La Boheme, Olympia from Tales of Hoffman. In addition to the lyric and coloratura roles in opera, her repertoire also includes lied, oratorio, and symphonic works. Concert engagements have included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the Munich Philharmonie, German NDR Broadcast - New Year Concert, Fantasy #9 Beethoven in Carl-Orff Saal Gasteig, Summer Music Festival les Musicalides in Lyon France with Edguard Brunner, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Matteus Passion, Jauch zet Gott with Bach collegium, Sommernachtstraum in OdeonsPlatz with Conductor James Levine. She received her education at Korea’s Yonsei University in Seoul, the Hochschule for Musik and Theater in Munich, Germany, and the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg. She studied with Daphne Evangelatos, Helena Lazarska, Adalbert Kraus, Charla Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Corelli, Helmut Deutsch, Elena Obraztsova and Dame Joan Sutherland. Nino Sanikidze, Piano: Prior to joining the prestigious Shepherd School of Music as Artist Teacher of Opera Studies in the fall of 2023, Georgian pianist Nino Sanikidze spent nearly two decades at Los Angeles Opera - both as a Head Coach for the renowned Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program, and as a principal coach, pianist, and prompter for LAO’s main-stage productions.Highly in demand as a guest coach, pianist and prompter, Dr. Sanikidze has been engaged for numerous productions at Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain; Teatro di San Carlo in Napoli, Italy; Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman; Teatro Municipal di Santiago, Chile; Bard Summerscape Festival in New York; Wichita Grand Opera, and Cleveland Opera.A frequent collaborator with the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, her notable concert appearances include a recital with tenor Marcelo Álvarez and a recital with mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča. She has performed in a recital with world-renown guitarist Ángel Romero at “Palm Springs Life Festival”, Mezzo-Soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera on Canary Islands’ “Zarzuela en el Mundo” recital tour, and, most recently, with tenor Joseph Calleja at the inaugural “Festival del Sole” at the Green Music Center. Since 2008 Dr. Sanikidze has been an official pianist for “Operalia” World Opera Competition and in this capacity has performed on some of the worlds most celebrated stages. Dr. Sanikidze serves on a judging panel of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and Richard Tucker Music Foundations’ Study and Career Grant Auditions, as well as a Daegu International Opera Awards, Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition, Classical Singer Convention, Music Center Spotlight Awards, and Center Stage Opera Competition. Sought after clinician, she regularly visits Universities and Conservatories for Masterclasses and Residencies. She is currently a Faculty Artist at a prestigious Music Academy in Santa Barbara, CA. Dr. Sanikidze is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award for Excellence in Vocal Accompanying. She has attended such prestigious festivals as Music Academy of the West, Cleveland Art Song Festival, Songfest and Aspen Opera Center. In the years 2003-2005 she became the Young Artist coach at Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera and from 2004 started working professionally at various opera companies.In addition to her work at opera theaters and music schools, Dr. Sanikidze’s talents have been engaged in various capacities, ranging from translating and diction coaching choral recordings of a video game hit “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War” to coaching classical voice finalists for “America’s Got Talent” to performing at nation-wide televised events, such as “Late Night with James Corden” (with Ailyn Perez and Luca Pisaroni) and at a funeral of the former First Lady Nancy Reagan (with Soprano Ana María Martínez), just to name a few. Dr. Sanikidze serves as a Founding Board member of the Georgian Cultural and Educational Center.

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